ESCONDIDO: Man stabbed in chest during carjacking

Escondido police sought two men after a third man was stabbed in
the chest ---- receiving a life-threatening wound ---- during a
carjacking Monday evening in northeast Escondido, authorities
said.

The victim, his wife and a child were sitting in front of a
pizza shop at East Valley Parkway and Rose Street waiting for their
dinner order when two men ---- both armed with knife-like weapons
---- drove up in a white van and demanded the car, Escondido police
Lt. Jim Stuard said.

The victim, a man in his 20s, was stabbed at 7:30 p.m. when he
got out of his car, a 1993 gold, four-door Saturn, the lieutenant
said.

One of the suspects then jumped into the car and started to
drive off when he noticed the woman and child were still inside of
it, Stuard said.

He stopped, ordered them out and then drove away, followed by
the white van, Stuard said.

Police arrived within a minute of the 911 call, he said.

The attack left the victim with life-threatening wounds, and he
was rushed to Palomar Medical Center, according to the Escondido
Fire Department.

Early reports indicate the victim did not know the assailants,
Stuard said.

The car was found within 15 minutes, unoccupied and parked on
side streets less than a mile from the site of the attack, Stuard
said.

Correction:

Police said that a man was stabbed Monday evening at a
carjacking on East Valley Parkway and Rose Street.

We previously reported, incorrectly, the attack happened at the
corner of Grand Avenue and Rose Street.